Pastor Ron Finch and his wife, Gwen, have been happily married for 64 years and have been serving their Lord in ministry for 50 of those years.  Ron was raised in Oroville and graduated from Oroville High School in the great year of 1957.  His wife, Gwen, was born in Live Oak, but raised in Gridley and is a graduate of Gridley High School (1960). They have two wonderful children, four super grandchildren, and three wonderful great grandchildren.  The goal of their marriage is that Christ would be exalted and they would be a living example of Christ's relationship to His church and the believer's relationships to Him.

Pastor Ron graduated from Western Baptist College (B.S.), Denver Seminary (M.Div), and has studied Doctorate of Ministry courses at Dallas Seminary.  God, in His grace, has used Pastor Ron and Gwen to start three new churches and rebuild two struggling churches over their 50+ years of pastoral ministry.  

After 27 years of joyful ministry in Indio, Ca., God brought them back to Oroville in retirement, but little did they know that God brought them back to Oroville to minister at Grace Chapel Oroville.

Along with the joys of pastoral ministry God has allowed them to travel extensively around the world and be involved in ministry to Pastors in many different countries: Philippines, Ecuador, France, and India, to name a few. They are blessed and excited to see what God in His sovereignty will accomplish in Oroville through Grace Chapel.

Doug, along with Pastor Ron, is an Elder at Grace Chapel Oroville.  Doug and Amanda are followers of Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Doug received Christ at the age of 15 and Amanda at the age of 5.  They have been married for 32 years and have two daughters.  They have served in ministry all of their married life.

They have been a key part of Grace Chapel since its inception as a small home Bible study. They appreciate Grace Chapel’s Bible-based teaching.  Not only does Doug serve as one of our Pastor/Elders, he also runs the sound board and assists with the Men’s Ministry. Amanda serves as a Sunday School teacher and leads our Children’s Ministry.